In real life I am 5 feet 10 inches, Manchester born, & who knows?
Two points:
Statistics are not real information
Statistics apply to populations, not individuals
They are nevertheless wondrous, beautiful things
They give you absolutely the best guess you can make in the absence of real information
They allow you to discern patterns & relationships to inform your judgements & decisions about how the world works & what you might do to improve it
They can show you patterns of woodland development where before you could see only trees
Applied unthinkingly, especially in decisions about the medical treatment of individuals, they may do more harm than good
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